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USGA caves and cuts the rough at Oakmont
Posted on 6/9/25 at 4:57 pm
Posted on 6/9/25 at 4:57 pm
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If tweet fails to load, click here. We go through this dance every year. The players advance scouting a course make a big kerfuffle about the rough length, the USGA caves and shaves it down, scores are lower than they should be because they don't want to make the players angry. Winning score at a US Open should be E par.
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Posted on 6/9/25 at 5:07 pm to The Pirate King
ngl the push mowers is a comical sight. very slapstick.
Posted on 6/9/25 at 5:10 pm to JohnnyKilroy
It looks like they asked a bunch of drunk fans to just start pushing 
Posted on 6/9/25 at 5:43 pm to The Pirate King
I was listening to a podcast last week where someone from the USGA said we'd get a bunch of people bitching about cutting the grass when the first video shows the mowers. They're likely not cutting much, and cutting it makes the grass stand straighter and more likely to swallow balls.
Posted on 6/9/25 at 6:18 pm to The Pirate King
You think it wasn’t going to be cut at all this week? Do people not realize the grass gets cut every day at most tournaments? The rough may be allowed to grow from the first day to the last but this isn’t news.
Posted on 6/9/25 at 6:36 pm to The Pirate King
You still can’t see their shoes though. It’s going to be nasty
Posted on 6/9/25 at 6:56 pm to The Pirate King
1/4 of an inch. Cabbage is 4 3/4 inches for now. Too much rain in the Pittsburgh area, if they hadn't cut it would be outrageous. That was the Golf Channels explaining.
Posted on 6/9/25 at 6:58 pm to DestrehanTiger
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I was listening to a podcast last week where someone from the USGA said we'd get a bunch of people bitching about cutting the grass when the first video shows the mowers. They're likely not cutting much, and cutting it makes the grass stand straighter and more likely to swallow balls.
Lol yep. I believe it was on Shotgun Start or Fried Egg. It was Mike Mccormick who is head Super at Oakmont. Looks like he nailed it based on the Op's post.
Posted on 6/9/25 at 7:11 pm to E12IC
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It was Mike Mccormick who is head Super at Oakmont
I just looked it up. I think it was No Laying Up and Jeff Hall, who is the managing director of USGA rules and open championships.
This post was edited on 6/9/25 at 8:00 pm
Posted on 6/9/25 at 7:26 pm to The Pirate King
Them boys are barely nicking it. It’s going to be fine.
Posted on 6/9/25 at 7:40 pm to NewOrleansBlend
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You still can’t see their shoes though. It’s going to be nasty
Yeah, that’s some thick shite regardless of how long it is.
Posted on 6/9/25 at 7:54 pm to DestrehanTiger
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I just looked it up. I think it was No Laying Up and Jeff Halld, who is the managing director of USGA rules and open championships
Looks like Halld and McCormick both brought it up. Yet with both of these guys saying don't worry, we have people panicked on a Monday.
McCormick On Fried Egg
Posted on 6/9/25 at 8:02 pm to The Pirate King
Is the grass not gonna grow back?
Posted on 6/9/25 at 10:09 pm to reauxl tigers
yup...will they cut it again before Thursday is the question....
Posted on 6/9/25 at 10:17 pm to reauxl tigers
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Is the grass not gonna grow back?
Yeah, I mean zoom out and look at the whole picture here.
It’s Monday, they had a little rain over the weekend I believe. Moisture and sunshine, getting into the mid 80’s by the weekend on a course that’s been perfectly maintained with fertilizer, pgr’s, etc. It’s gonna be fine.
They’re not giving it a summer hair cut. They’re giving it that school picture cut.
Posted on 6/10/25 at 10:11 am to The Pirate King
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USGA caves and cuts the rough at Oakmont
The guys entire left foot is still hidden in the grass
Posted on 6/10/25 at 4:38 pm to The Pirate King
They are cutting it to keep it at 5”
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